Authorities are investigating after an inmate was found dead at the Forsyth County Detention Center Friday.
According to a news release from the Sheriff’s Office, 45-year-old Michael Robert Smith was unresponsive when discovered by staff.
The release says that staff and Forsyth County EMS provided “resuscitative efforts,” but Smith was “pronounced deceased.” He had been arrested that same day on various drug charges.
The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation is conducting an independent review of the incident.